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Alexandre Silveira expressed his desire for President Lula to discard parts of the bill for the Minha Casa Minha Vida program.
This Wednesday (12), Alexandre Silveira, Minister of Mines and Energy, reiterated his support for a partial veto of the Minha Casa, Minha Vida bill. He stated that he had asked President Lula to veto the amendment requiring distributors to contract the surplus energy generated by the program's solar panels.
The National Congress added this amendment to the text of the Minha Casa, Minha Vida bill. Aneel had already been criticizing the item in question. According to the agency, this requirement could have a negative impact of more than R$1 billion on consumers' electricity bills.
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Speaking to journalists, Silveira confirmed his support for the installation of solar panels but expressed concern about the obligation imposed. He hopes that President Lula will use his veto power to adjust this aspect and align the bill's text with the Federal Government's original proposal to the National Congress.
Minister's Statement
“I would like to highlight that there was a government policy, under President Lula’s leadership, formulated by the Ministries of Mines and Energy and of Cities, to expand access to solar energy in Minha Casa, Minha Vida homes” Silveira began in a conversation with journalists on Wednesday (12).
“We consider it inappropriate for distributors to be forced to purchase the energy surplus from these solar farms without there being benefits for the population”, the Minister argued.
“The president (Lula) understands the importance of maintaining the solar energy policy for Minha Casa, Minha Vida. However, the cost cannot fall on distributors; it is a government policy”, he added.
In a recent interview with CNN Brasil, he had already expressed this view. “The electricity sector has a significant asymmetry. Various factors, such as market liberalization, occurred in an unbalanced manner, causing a major impact on electricity rates for regular consumers”, he concluded.
“We must proceed cautiously to resolve the problems that have arisen so far,” he emphasized.
Understanding the change
The Federal Government issued MP 1162/2023 in February. In summary, the document provides for the relaunch of the Minha Casa Minha Vida program along the popular lines of the PT's first governments.
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The MP also proposes creating measures to increase the generation and distribution of electricity, carried out mainly through solar panels.
During its consideration in the National Congress, lawmakers included an amendment. This amendment, which requires the purchase of the generated energy surplus, is causing the greatest controversy.
The president has until July 17 to sanction the Minha Casa, Minha Vida MP. In an interview, Rui Costa, Minister of the Civil House, said that Lula would analyze the matter carefully and avoided anticipating decisions.
Future of Minha Casa Minha Vida
According to speculation, there may be changes in the leadership of Minha Casa, Minha Vida. Rita Serrano is the current president of Caixa Econômica Federal, but centrão parties want this position, given the bank's responsibility for major Federal Government programs.
